republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1928.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the City of Clarksville to allow golf carts on certain public roads, if the roads are closed to motor vehicle traffic, within the boundaries of a certain retail and entertainment district upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds vote. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the City of Clarksville to allow golf carts on certain public roads, if the roads are closed to motor vehicle traffic, within the boundaries of a certain retail and entertainment district upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds vote. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1928"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1928 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hodges", "Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3d00ef1-b65d-436d-8500-99d2fc560062"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1928&GA=112"
source_hash: "febdde391cba449e431740340dd81d3830a43692bb20d9d54a094cf53711b91f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1928 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the City of Clarksville to allow golf carts on certain public roads, if the roads are closed to motor vehicle traffic, within the boundaries of a certain retail and entertainment district upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds vote. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0601** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0601.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0540** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0540.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1928.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/2/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **85–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hodges — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0540)
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0601) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 772
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 772

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3d00ef1-b65d-436d-8500-99d2fc560062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).